At 25, I quit my job at Google to join a Bay Area mayor's office (~$30K pay cut). My new job is intellectually stimulating, fast, and challenging in ways that t

At 25, I quit my job at Google to join a Bay Area mayor's office (~$30K pay cut). My new job is intellectually stimulating, fast, and challenging in ways that tech was not. I get to work with every type of person from firefighters to economic development specialists. I love spending 100% of my time on public interest projects and was never inspired by large corporate motives. I have nothing against tech, but I'm so much happier in government.